File Purge Utility

Nice little command line utility for handling recursive/mass file deletes

Usage

Interactive mode

1. Set base search directory
2. Execute purge command/options

Purge command options: filematch [foldermatch] [ignorematch] [olderThan] [newerThan]

Examples:

Just delete all png files

*.png

Delete all png files in directories ending in 'to_delete'

*.png *to_delete

Delete png files in a directories ending in 'to_delete', skip files ending in 'keep.png' and delete files older than 2024-01-01 and newer than 2023-12-01

*.png *to_delete *keep.png 2024-01-01 2023-12-01

Very simple CLI mode

In command prompt/batch file execute:

FilePurge C:\Base\Folder\Path *.png *to_delete *keep.png 2024-01-01 2023-12-01

Honorable mentions to this dude for the Wildcard string matching function, saved some time. Thanks, nerd ;)

https://www.hiimray.co.uk/2020/04/18/implementing-simple-wildcard-string-matching-using-regular-expressions/474

Nifty file and directory enumeration derived with thanks from https://gist.github.com/smith-neil/9403767